Out with the time-loop movies—in with the multiverse movies. The movie term “multiverse” is based on the theory that a network of interconnected dimensions exist in the cosmos, where numerous versions of yourself live alternative lives. As in, when you’re born in this dimension, in a myriad of other dimensions and time-spaces, other you’s simultaneously come into existence.
And you’re all connected, like the rods connecting the various particles in the well-known model of the atomic structure. It all makes up a complete you. This used to be secret knowledge available only to seers and sages and advanced kung fu masters. Now you can pay 17 bucks and get a cartoon version of it at your local movie theater.
We’ve now got a Spiderverse, as in the latest episode where three Spider-Men from different time-spaces ended up in the same dimension (thanks to Dr. Strange, by the way). Also, currently, in the indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” there’s multiverse action happening. And this latest addition just lazily puts it right in the title: “Multiverse of Madness.”
Speaking of madness, Mr. Horror himself, Sam Raimi, director of “The Unholy,” “Drag Me to Hell,” “Evil Dead,” “Evil Dead 2,” “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2,” and other such uplifting fare, helms. Clearly, the studio wanted to scare the audience a little more than the usual Marvel movie. To keep them awake, I’m guessing. Big fail on Marvel’s part because I’ve never been as excruciatingly bored; I set a personal record for yawning in this “Dr. Strange.”
Doctor Strange Dreams a Dream That’s Not a Dream
Dr. Stephen Strange is one of your more obscure characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Like other superheroes, he’s got supernormal abilities. Supernormal abilities are things that are actually latent in the human body like dormant seeds. Six supernormal abilities have now actually been proven by science.
